My Beloved Super Fierce Wife
Chapter 303: Isn’t this karma, or retribution?

Chapter 303: Isn’t this karma, or retribution?

The villagers grew more curious about what exactly had happened, and they made their way to the Wang family’s backyard.

Li Xiuli saw Lin Tang also following them inside.

With a face full of worry, she grabbed her.

Staring at her, she said, "Tangtang, don’t go in there to join the commotion. Hurry home, eat something, and go to work."

She had no idea who her daughter had taken after, being so keen on joining crowds?!

Confronted by her mother’s ’why does my girl love to chit-chat so much’ expression, Lin Tang’s face stiffened.

She really did want to go in and see.

But it wasn’t for the thrill of it.

After all, it was about someone’s life.

When people die, grievances vanish.

Those past grudges also drifted away with the wind.

"I just want to go in and see how it happened..."

Li Xiuli didn’t believe her at all.

After all, the last time her daughter had been eager to watch the commotion, she was very enthusiastic about it.

She rarely interrupted Lin Tang, "Don’t go in there, didn’t you hear Aunt Guan Aiju saying how scary it is inside?"

She herself didn’t know the situation inside, and if it really scared Tangtang sick, what would she do?

Guan Aiju didn’t dare to join the crowd anymore.

Hearing the mother-daughter conversation, she said to Lin Tang with a gentle tone:

"Tangtang, listen to your mother. What’s inside is not for a young girl to see. Hurry up and get ready for work."

The sight of blood all over the courtyard would give one nightmares when seen even once.

Lin Tang spread her hands and lazily said, "Didn’t I tell you? I have the day off today."

No work.

Ah, it just so happened.

She had been busy the past few days, so the director gave her a day off.

Li Xiuli was at a loss for words and chided, "Even if you’re not working, you still shouldn’t go and look."

Lin Tang wasn’t determined to go in.

She said helplessly, "I’m not going! I’m going home."

After saying that, she turned around and really went home.

After all, her sister-in-law had sneaked in; what was there to know that couldn’t be known...

Probably every detail could be fully described by her sister-in-law.

Li Xiuli breathed a sigh of relief and waved her hand.

"Go back, go back."

As long as she didn’t go see the gory scene, anything was fine!

At this time, in the Wang family’s courtyard.

Zhou Mei, holding onto Lin Qingshui, followed Wang Daniu to the Wang family’s backyard.

They saw a broken wooden ladder lying near the pigsty.

A hoe drenched in blood was leaning against the wall.

Wang Zhaodi’s entire head had smashed into it, spilling blood all over the ground.

Her eyes were wide open, her fingers clawed into the ground, deeply embedded in the mud.

Next to her were the shattered bottles of pesticides.

That ghastly scene was truly spine-chilling.

"Ah!" Zhou Mei cried out in fright, her heart trembling.

"Oh my Lord, it’s too frightening."

She cowered behind Lin Qingshui, peeking out from time to time.

Scared yet curious.

Lin Qingshui, with a face full of helplessness, said, "If you’re scared you should leave first."

Otherwise, he would have to comfort her at night.

"No way," Zhou Mei refused, her rationale surprisingly righteous, "I need to see what happened to take precautions for our family."

With that, she glanced around and stroked her chin.

"I suddenly think electricity is such a good thing!"

Wang Zhaodi probably fell while going to the bathroom at night, right?

"And that hoe, such a lethal weapon, shouldn’t be left in the courtyard; it’s too dangerous."

Hey?

The wound on Wang Zhaodi’s head—it seemed to be in the same spot where she had injured her sister-in-law before, right?

Could this be, karma?

At that thought, she shuddered with fear.

People around her heard Zhou Mei’s words and actually found them making sense.

A few even nodded in agreement, their faces showing approval.

But when they saw Wang Daniu crying bitterly in pain, they felt heartless for having had such thoughts.

They quickly brushed aside those strange musings.

They stepped forward to offer comfort.

"Daniu, Zhaodi is in this state, no matter what you do, she won’t come back. Try to let go," someone said.

Someone thought of Wu Chunhua, "Where’s your wife? How come there’s no one from your family here after such an incident with Zhaodi?"

"Your Jinbao isn’t here either, they haven’t run off, have they?"

"They shouldn’t have... maybe they went back to Jinbao’s maternal home?"

The villagers guessed as much, and naturally, so did Wang Daniu.

Besides her parents’ place, Wu Chunhua had nowhere else to go.

Wang Daniu moved forward silently, trembling as he touched Wang Zhaodi’s eyelids.

The first attempt did not close them.

Wang Daniu’s heart quivered.

"Zhaodi, it’s dad’s lack of ability, I couldn’t protect you," he said.

"Go on, the dead do not dwell on the matters of the living. In your next life, open your eyes wide and choose a good family, don’t come back to ours..."

When Wang Daniu said these words, the surrounding area became quiet all at once.

Everyone felt a sourness in their hearts.

Having Wu Chunhua as a wife (mother), Wang Daniu and Zhaodi truly suffered.

Although Wang Zhaodi was quite annoying usually, now that she was gone, all that came to mind was the image of the young girl bustling about diligently.

Wang Daniu reached out again.

Finally, he managed to close Wang Zhaodi’s eyes.

Tears slid down his cracked face.

He stood up, his expression dazed.

"...I’ll have to trouble the fellow villagers."

Seeing him looking as if he had aged years in a moment left everyone with a heavy feeling in their chests.

Sigh!

"What trouble? We’re all neighbors here, you... try to take comfort..." Qi Dafa said in a dry tone.

Wang Daniu wiped away his tears, barely holding himself from collapsing.

"...Yeah," he replied in a hoarse voice.

With a death in the brigade, the brigade cadres did not dare to draw conclusions lightly.

Lin Fu immediately sent some young men from the village to report to the county police.

Seeing that none of the Wang family’s responsible women were around, Lin Fu frowned deeply.

He promptly sent another fit young man to call Wu Chunhua from her mother’s place and to notify them of the death.

Wu Chunhua’s maternal home and Li Xiuli’s were in the same brigade, off in a remote location.

It would take at least two hours from the Shuangshan Brigade, and that was at an adult man’s pace.

A round trip would take a whole day, and Li Xiuli hadn’t visited home for several months.

When she heard the Captain sending someone to her parents’ place, she quickly said, "Captain, why not let Blue Mountain go? We have a bicycle at home; it’s faster for travel."

She could also take the opportunity to visit her parents.

This was a minor issue, and Lin Fu naturally had no objections.

"All right, Blue Mountain can go then."

Lin Qingshan’s main task for the day was to write a pig-raising report, and he wasn’t required to report to the commune. He happened to be free that morning.

He immediately nodded, "Okay."

Having accepted the task, he headed home.

Li Xiuli hurriedly followed him.

Once home, she quickly packed some good things.

Some grain, about ten eggs, a pack of brown sugar, a pack of milk candies, and two pounds of pork.

Lin Lu took out a can of Malt Extract and some soft sweets, saying, "Take this to your parents too."

Ever since their living conditions improved, they never stopped sending good things to her parents’ home.

Being far from his in-laws, he, as a son-in-law, couldn’t manage to attend to them as much.

Li Xiuli looked at her husband’s eyes filled with guilt and didn’t make a fuss, "...Okay, I’ll take them."

Lin Lu’s expression relaxed.

Looking at Lin Qingmu, he cautioned, "Big brother, take it slow on the road, don’t let our mother fall."